Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), a later-stage venture capital and growth equity firm, has selected IntraLinks Connect to support fundraising for IVP XIV, a USD1bn fund. This is the largest fund in the firm’s 32-year history. IVP first started using IntraLinks Connect for limited partner communications, including dissemination of quarterly fund
The social media land grab is over and the market reaction to the Facebook IPO spells the end for listings of social media businesses, according to analysis by Magister Advisors, M&A advisers to the global technology industry. Magister Advisors forecasts the social media ecosystem will now see accelerated consolidation as
Venture capital funding in the life sciences sector, which includes the biotechnology and medical device industries, decreased 39 per cent in dollars and 22 per cent in number of deals during the second quarter of 2012 from the same quarter of last year, according to a new PwC US report.
Japan is a market that James Sullivan, manager of the CF Miton Arcturus Fund, continues to believe is the most realistically valued of all the major equity markets… 

The level of the exchange rate is generally viewed as crucial to the prospects for the Japanese economy, therefore the domestic stock
The Cambridge Associates Australia Private Equity and Venture Capital Index rose by 7.80 per cent (net of fees) in the 12 months to 31 March 2012, according to the latest quarterly report released by The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. The C|A Australia Index outperformed the S&P/ASX 300
HarbourVest Global Private Equity’s estimated net asset value per share is USD11.31 at the end of July 2012, a USD0.18 per share decrease (1.6 per cent) from 30 June 2012 (USD11.49). This change mainly reflects decreases in the value of privately-held investments as a portion of the portfolio was re-valued
Catalyst Investors has held the final closing of the firm’s third fund, Catalyst Investors III, with total commitments of USD213m – the firm’s largest fund to date. Consistent with its strategy in recent funds, Catalyst expects to continue investing in high-growth, lower middle-market cloud computing, wireless infrastructure and digital media
It is quite a consensus call to have an overweight position on developed market credit but, says Williams Sels (pictured), UK Head of Investment Strategy at HSBC Private Bank, this still makes a lot of sense… We would rather be lending to non-financial corporates than to most governments. And with
Fundraising by private equity funds focused on the emerging markets held steady in the first two quarters and maintained a 15 per cent share of the global fundraising total, according to the Emerging markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA). With USD17.2bn raised in the first six months of 2012, or nearly
Symphony International’s net asset value as at 30 June 2012 was USD1.2414 per share, a 10.46 per cent increase from USD1.1239 on 31 December 2011, according to the company’s interim results. Increased deal activity resulted in the completion of several new transactions in early 2012. In February 2012, Symphony
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